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76ers fan here, pondering your future core


I think you guys are low key ready for a quicker rebuild than most think, or at least in the current state of things, much quicker to have your long term core in place. As of right now, slated with the 3rd, and 13th pick, you're looking at Bender(fills need and best player available) and if I were picking at 13, and he were available, I'd take Korkmaz in a heartbeat if I were you guys. I'd settle for Luwawu, unless of course someone falls drastically, and you can't say no to the talent. I understand that Booker is a "SG" and so is korkmaz, but they could function seamlessly as wings in tandem on the floor (perhaps a chunkier 3 off the bench for certain matchups with stronger small forwards would create enough flexibility, but I think you guys were happy to get rid of two of those haha). Dragan Bender would be a "stretch 4" while still providing elite length even for a center. This could help make scoring at the rim for opposing teams highly difficult, while still providing the adequate floor spacing and playmaking to create conundrums on offense for the opposing team.

A starting lineup of

PG whichever of Brandon Knight/Bledsoe decides to start passing the ball

SG Booker

SF Korkmaz

PF Bender

C Len

Personally I'd go Knight in the starting lineup cuz he can play off the ball a tad more due to his sweet stroke. But having that kind of 4 out, 1 in with an athlete like len at the 5, quality length and athleticism at every position, plus all 5 players are pretty high IQ and skilled, it could create quite a "small ball" but really just space and pace offense. Len has a quality midrange shot, plus some moves down low and is a sure threat to finish on lobs. Bender fits a need and is BPA at 3, furkan would round out the wings, looks like a possible allstar. There would be no one you could double off of, and every player can shoot, drive, or dish, creating a fluid offense that would be hard to stop. On top of that, the defensively flexibility and sound athleticism of that starting five would create some intriguing defensive schemes. Imagine the Atlanta hawks, but with just a bit more talent is what I'd imagine with that starting five, with the ball whipping all over the court, and when you leave anyone of the 5 players open, the ball finds them and they can knock down an open shot. Just curious, what's the consensus on where the Suns are headed, or is this season just too depressing?